Bet v 1 triggers antiviral-type immune signalling in birch-pollen-allergic individuals.
Lukas WisgrillNanna FyhrquistJoseph NdikaLaura PaalanenAngelika BergerTiina LaatikainenPiia KarisolaTari HaahtelaHarri AleniusPublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2022)
In birch-pollen-allergic patients, the activated innate immune networks seem to be, in part, the same as those activated during viral infections. This tendency of the immune system to read pollens as viruses may provide new insight to allergy prevention and treatment.